Quotes
Quotes about Dignity
I read in Shakespeare of the majesty of the moral law, in Victor Hugo of the sacredness of childhood, in Tennyson the ugliness of hypocrisy, in George Eliot the supremacy of duty, in Dickens the divinity of kindness, and in Ruskin the dignity of service. Irving teaches me the lesson of cheerfulness, Hawthorne shows me the hatefulness of sin, Longfellow gives me the soft, tranquil music of hope. Lowell makes us feel that we must give ourselves to our fellow men. Whittier sings to me of divine Fatherhood and human brotherhood. These are Christian lessons: who inspired them? Who put it into the heart of Martin Luther to nail those theses on the church door of Wittenberg? Who stirred and fired the soul of Savonarola? Who thrilled and electrified the soul of John Wesley? Jesus Christ is back of these all.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, the best of circumstances.
There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny.
There is a dignity in dying that doctors should not dare to deny.
He seemed For dignity compos'd and high exploit: But all was false and hollow.
O Hamlet, what a falling-off was there, From me, whose love was of that dignity That it went hand in hand even with the vow I made to her in marriage, and to decline Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were poor To those of mine!
Life is an unanswered question, but let's still believe in the dignity and importance of the question.
Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.
Poverty won't allow him to lift up his head; dignity won't allow him to bow it down.
Each of us, face to face with other men, is clothed with some sort of dignity, but we know only too well all the unspeakable things that go on in the heart.
Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it.
Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.
No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.
When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
Our dignity is not in what we do, but what we understand.
The ultimate end of all revolutionary social change is to establish the sanctity of human life, the dignity of man, the right of every human being to liberty and well-being.
There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
Dignity is a mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
